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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]90% of the candidates on the ballot today in Maryland I hadn't heard of and another 90% I don't know what the roles are.  Why are these elected positions instead of appointed?  [/quote]

Because the people should have a say in their leadership, vs a patronage system?[/quote]

But isn't it better to have, say, the governor, appoint these people since they have an idea who they are and what the job entails, while 90%+ of us have no idea?  That happens in the Federal system.  Like why am I voting for a judge in Maryland?  The president appoints all federal judges.  [/quote]

DP.  I disagree. My concern, rather, was that I had a difficult time finding specific information about some of the candidates and some of the positions.  The eventual governor is likely to be someone whose positions may not align with mine on certain issues. I welcome the opportunity to have more of a voice — and would value this even more with ample information from relatively neutral sources.

My larger concern is that so few people vote, particularly for what might appear to be more minor roles, that the people who are elected might be chosen by a relatively tiny and unrepresentative group of the population as a whole. [/quote]

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